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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
4
Local items list frequent travelers visiting relatives in Tulsa Victoria and Corpus Christi and guests in Ruidoso Fort Worth Hot Springs and Dallas. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs V J Jones Mrs C B Parlis Miss M F Payne and many others with trips to Alpine Butane Fort Worth and Ventura for summer plans.
Brewster County paper reports community updates from Alpine and the Davis Mountains. Local births and visits detail Ted Clayton Henderson born 9% lbs June 22 and travelers like Mrs. Henderson formerly Earlene McKinney. Visitors include Jack Hansen and B C Graves en route to Temple and California, with anniversaries and summer arrangements noted.
Fort Worth stockyards report larger cattle calf and sheep supplies this week with strong demand for good and choice grades. Medium and low grades weaken with declines of 1 to 3 dollars on steers calves and cows 1 to 3 dollars lower while bulls drop 50 cents or more. Local social notes insert short items about Hancock and Terry families and Lt Col Carney's assignment in Michigan.
Fat steers and heifers sold from 29 to 33 dollars with a 35 dollar top for individual steers marking a peak. Grass steers brought 28 to 32 dollars, cows 22 to 24.50, bulls 15 to 23.50, calves 26 to 30 with heavies to 31.50, rannies 14 to 17, stockers 20 to 27.50, lambs weak to 2 lower, Spring lambs 26 to 30, stocker lambs 14 to 20, old-crop lambs 20 to 24, slaughter ewes 8 to 12, bucks 8 to 10.
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